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Letters show rift over San Onofre nuclear repairs
In a flurry of letters late last year, Southern California Edison and the manufacturer that designed the steam generators at the now-dark San Onofre nuclear power plant appeared to be at odds over a long-term plan to repair the troubled facility. In the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Physiology, Southern California Edison Company
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Edison, Mitsubishi hit roadblock on San Onofre's future
A flurry of letters that went back and forth between Southern California Edison and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries late last year reveal the serious hurdles that stand in the way of the San Onofre nuclear power plant's long-term future. The plant had...
Tags: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, Science and Technology, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Physiology, Southern California Edison Company
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Groups continue push for video webcast of San Onofre hearings
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.An initial round of hearings was set to begin Monday in a California Public Utilities Commission investigation of the costs to ratepayers from the San Onofre nuclear plant's ongoing outage. Activists were incensed that a CPUC administrative law judge...Tags: Judges, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Decision on San Onofre pushed back to June at the earliest
The head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday that the agency will not make a decision on whether to restart the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant until late June at the earliest. The timeline for the plant has been pushed back...
Tags: Judges, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Crime, Law and Justice, Southern California Edison Company, Justice System
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California faces another summer without San Onofre plant
California energy officials are preparing for another summer without the San Onofre power station while facing the growing possibility that the nuclear plant will never return to service. The nuclear plant, one of only two in the state, was powered down...
Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Edison International, Southern California Edison Company
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The dubious future of the San Onofre nuclear plant
Southern California Edison officials are saying that if they can’t get permission to reopen one of the shuttered reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, they will consider permanently closing the plant this year, according to a report...
Tags: Machine Manufacturing, Manufacturing and Engineering, Science and Technology, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Economy, Business and Finance
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Mike Gray dies at 77; co-wrote 'China Syndrome' screenplay
Mike Gray, an author, activist and documentarian who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for "The China Syndrome," the provocative 1979 film about a cover-up at a nuclear power plant, died Tuesday of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home, his...
Tags: The Second City, Manufacturing and Engineering, Chicago Tribune, Entertainment, Movies
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L.A. City Council jumps into San Onofre debate
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Los Angeles became the latest -- and largest -- city to weigh in on the fate of the San Onofre nuclear plant Tuesday, with the City Council unanimously passing a resolution calling on federal regulators to hold off on deciding whether the plant can...Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Paul Koretz, Port of Los Angeles, Southern California Edison Company, Bill Rosendahl
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Strong Iran quake leaves conflicting reports on casualties
TEHRAN — A powerful earthquake hit southeastern Iran near Pakistan on Tuesday, but the extent of damage and casualties was not immediately clear. Iranian state television initially reported at least 40 people had died in the quake, which Iranian...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Pakistan, U.S. Geological Survey, Iran
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Rescue workers in Iran give up search for earthquake survivors
TEHRAN -- Rescue workers on Wednesday gave up the search for more survivors of an earthquake that flattened homes and killed dozens of people in southern Iran, according to local news reports. The semiofficial Fars News Agency and other news outlets...
Tags: Natural Disasters, International Atomic Energy Agency, U.S. Geological Survey, Tehran (Iran), Iran
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Push to restart San Onofre gets a boost
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Federal regulators issued a preliminary finding Wednesday that a license amendment requested by Southern California Edison in support of the company's plan to fire up the San Onofre nuclear plant would not create significant new safety hazards,...Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Southern California Edison Company
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Earthquake reported to kill dozens in southern Iran
TEHRAN -- A powerful earthquake shook southern Iran on Tuesday afternoon, killing dozens of people and devastating entire towns, Iranian media reported. At least 31 people died in the quake, including three victims under a collapsed house in the small...
Tags: Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey, Iran, News Agency
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